Republicans won't do anything to stop gun abuse

Posted:
Mar. 4, 2018 12:01 am

Editor:

Guns, guns, guns. What are we going to do with all these guns? They are good for target practice or hunting. But what else? What types of guns do we need and for what purposes? Do we need assault rifles with lots of clips that hold lots of rounds of bullets? Why? Why should someone have large stock piles of ammunition for assault weapons? For what purpose?

We keep experiencing tragic events of innocent people, including children in schools, being killed with guns well before the end of their expected life time. We might as well have abortions to save the time and money. Why is the death of a fetus in the womb more repugnant than the death of a child in a classroom by a demented person with a gun?

These past episodes in January and February of gun carnage of students in a presumed safe area in a school should be the last. Columbine in April 1999 was horrific. But the Republicans keep saying, "Now is not the time to talk about it." When will it be a good time to talk about it? In the past 22 years the Republicans have controlled both the House and Senate for all but four of those years. What have the Republicans done to promote gun safety? Nothing! The Republican solution is just to sell more guns of any variety to anyone.

As long as the Republicans are in power expect more tragedies. They are not going to change gun rules. When you send your children to school hope and pray to God they'll be safe because the Republicans will not be doing anything to help stop the gun abuse. Maybe in November we will remember the Republican non-action and vote for someone else.

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